Analysis of Past
Where is the past?
Soon as I think of it
It is gone
Where is the present?
Soon as I think of it
Like the wind it goes
I cannot change
Or even touch the past
Or the present
My mind should always
Hold on to all that exists
The future is always there
There alone, is hope and truth!
| Scheme | aBcdBefadghij |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 111111 111 11010 111111 10111 1101 110101 1010 1111 1111101 010111 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
About this poem
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Written on June 23, 2023
Submitted by Emmanuelntezeyombi on June 23, 2023
Modified by Emmanuelntezeyombi on June 23, 2023
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